The Coach and The Flyer

Chapter Seven: Why Didn't You Tell Me?

As the knife flew towards my stomach the door beside me opened and someone grabbed the knife from my hands. Without looking I buried my face inside the persons chest and cried very hard. After a few minutes I looked up to see Mason in front of me, he pulled me out of the car and held me as close as possible without hurting me. "Jasmine why were you trying to kill yourself?" He asks tears falling down his cheeks. "I thought you hated me, so I figured if my boyfriend, and my best-friend hated me then I should hate myself to, I was gonna kill the baby so things could go back to normal." I said still crying. "You don't hate me?" I asked pulling away slightly and looking up at him. "No I never would hate you I was just shocked and I didn't know what to do so I left." He says and picked me up and put me on the passenger side and got in the drivers side. He buckled in and started to drive to school. "Jasmine can you please tell me who the father of your baby is?" He asks looking over at me his eyes landing on the small baby bump under my shirt. "Mason, I told him I wouldn't tell anyone, because he would get in a lot of trouble." I said looking at him as well. "Is the father someone I know?" He asks not giving up on finding out who it is. "Yes, you do but he is not one of your friends he is an adult and if someone found out he would go to jail." I said and as he drove his hand came off the steering wheel and grabbed a hold of mine. "Jasmine did he rape you?" He asks his voice so soothing and his face so sympathetic. I looked into his eyes and said, "No but he is the one who persuaded me to have sex with him. I was a virgin before that night." She says crying now. "Jasmine why would you ever let anyone do that to you, you are strong willed and should have never given in." He says and I began to cry more.

"Hon I am sorry that this happened to you, you never asked for anything like this. You had everything going for you. You were a cheerleader, you had scholarships ready for three different colleges." He said angerly still driving. "Mason don't you think I know this, but I didn't have a choice it is his fault and even though he has ruined my life I am still protecting him." I said as we pulled up to the school. Mason looks over at me and said. "Babe why didn't you tell me from the beginning? I would have understood. I only walked away because I thought you cheated on me." He says parking my car in the parking lot of our school. "I am so sorry I thought you would not like me anymore once you found out." I said unbuckling and getting out my baby bump extended from my shirt enough that you could tell. A couple boys walked passed my car and saw me and they immediately started to talk about the baby bump they saw. "Wow who would have known you really are pregnant, I never thought that little miss perfect would be pregnant." They said and walked away laughing. Mason quickly grabbed my shoulders to keep me calm. I turned to him and gave him a small smile. "Thanks, I don't know what I would do without you." I say hugging him feeling to baby bump between us. "There seems to be something between us." He says and kisses me.

We walked into school together but split ways when we got to my class, I walked in with my hand on the little bulge of my belly. People were staring and I didn't care. I sat down in my usual seat and heard a boy next to me say. "We all knew she wasn't perfect, by the way you owe me ten bucks she is pregnant and she is not married yet." He laughed and slapped his friend. I suddenly felt sick to my stomach and jumped up, and ran to the bathroom spilling my breakfast into the toilet. I walked out and walked to the nurse and she said that is was just as I thought, just morning sickness usual for a pregnant woman. I sighed and went back to class. My teacher didn't even say anything, he just looked up and motioned for me to go to my desk.

The rest of the day I had people staring at me but I never got sick again. My friends tried to talk to me normally but now that they knew I was pregnant they had a hard time not looking down at my stomach. After school I found a note on my car that said, "Come to my house after school, Matthew." I sighed and got into my car ignoring the message and going home. When I got home my moms car wasn't there and I was happy, I went to my room and started to work on my homework that would take me all night.

That night when I was done I saw I had a message, figuring it was Mason I opened it with a smile, but the smile quickly diminished as I saw it was from Matthew. I read the words butterflies in my stomach. "I need to talk to you please answer me." Was all it said. I sighed and set my phone down on the table, getting out of the bed I looked at my stomach in the mirror. "Why did I have to be so stupid I am pregnant to a football coach at my school. I don't even know how to take care of a baby." I whispered to myself. As soon as I said that my door burst open and I looked over to see my mom standing there. "Jasmine Rene Boshner! What is going on in here?!" She screamed at me and I quickly looked down and turned away in an attempt to hide my stomach from her. Though my attempt failed and she gasped seeing the bulge where my normally flat stomach is. "Jasmine what is going on what is with your stomach?" She asks calming down a little bit. I sighed and I knew that I had to tell her now that if I didn't that she would find out anyway. "Mom I..I...I'm pregnant." I said and quickly backed away from her. Her face went from calm to anger within a second. "YOU"RE WHAT?!?!?!?!?" She screamed at me and rushed over grabbing me by the shirt. "How could you ever let this happen I thought you were a good girl but I guess you are just like every other girl in your school...... a slut!" She screamed and pushed me onto the floor. I scooted away in attempt to protect myself, "Mom I am so sorry." I said and she calmed down again and started to walk towards me. I flinched and then I felt her hug me. I looked up at her and smiled. "Mom I love you and I am so so sorry." I say and hug her back.

She pulled away and I did to. " Honey I love you so much and I am so sorry for what I just did. I just wished you had tell me, why didn't you tell me?" She asked and I looked up at her tearing up. "Mom I just didn't want you to be mad at me. I only had sex once and I was persuaded into it and I am so so sorry." I said and got up now showing her the bump. "Mom this is your grandchild and my child, I am gonna be a mother and there is nothing I can do to stop it I am so scared." I say and begin crying harder than I have ever cried before. "Jasmine I don't want you to be scared ever and I am always here for you no matter what." She says and wipes my tears off my face. "Now straighten up so I can go make diner. Tomorrow we go maternity shopping and baby shopping for clothes and things for the nursery. Good thing I never put my art room in the spare room. " She says and then leaves my room. I got up looked in the mirror again and for the first time since I had found out I was pregnant I felt happy. "Baby you will have a good life I promise." I say kiss my fingers and set them on my stomach gently.